E24 - Path of the Snake God and Answer of the Wise Wolf

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[00:07] Evan
    H-Hey...
[00:10] Evan
    Do you think the villagers will chase after us?
[00:13] Evan
    I mean, we left the entrance
    to the basement wide open...
[00:16] Lawrence
    Ms. Iima said she would close
    the entrance after us.
[00:20] Evan
    Huh? But that means...
[00:22] Lawrence
    Yeah.
[00:23] Lawrence
    If this leads to a dead end,
    we'll be in a lot of trouble.
[00:32] Evan
    Hey, doesn't it strangely stink in here?
[00:36] Holo
    We are close to the outside.
SIGN    Spice and Wolf
SIGN    Episode 24
    Path of the Snake God
    and Answer of the Wise Wolf
[02:32] Lawrence
    No way.
[02:36] Evan
    Huh?
[02:36] Elsa
    Th-This is...
[02:43] Evan
    This is great.
[02:46] Evan
    Mr. Lawrence, what do you think this hole is?
[02:49] Lawrence
    I have no idea.
[02:51] Evan
    This is the hole that Lord Truyeo was said
    to have dug long ago in order to hibernate.
[02:57] Elsa
    The villagers always come here to pray
    when sowing seeds and harvesting.
[03:04] Elsa
    We rarely participate ourselves, but...
[03:08] Elsa
    Why does the church passage lead out here?
[03:10] Lawrence
    I don't know why, but it's very clever.
[03:13] Lawrence
    The villagers would never dare enter this cave.
[03:19] Holo
    Come now.
[03:19] Holo
    If we dawdle here,
    we are asking for them to find us.
[03:23] Holo
    Let us head down near the river first.
[03:26] Evan
    R-Right.
[03:27] Evan
    Let's go, Elsa.
[03:29] Elsa
    Y-Yes.
[03:34] Lawrence
    This den is real, isn't it?
[03:37] Holo
    Yes, though I do not know how long ago it was made.
[03:40] Lawrence
    That basement was made to intersect
    with this large burrow,
[03:43] Lawrence
    and it still keeps going deeper
    in the other direction.
[03:47] Lawrence
    I wonder if there's really a giant
    snake curled up at the end.
[03:51] Holo
    I doubt it would be able to nap peacefully
    if the burrow it happened to make
[03:54] Holo
    is constantly worshiped by humans.
[03:57] Holo
    Well, humans are peculiar creatures
    that love to worship things.
[04:01] Holo
    Do you not wish to worship me as well?
[04:11] Holo
    Let us go.
[04:14] Lawrence
    H-Hey.
[04:25] Evan
    So, how are we going to escape?
[04:27] Holo
    We shall head towards Enberch first.
[04:29] Evan
    Huh?
[04:30] Holo
    We have gone through that town once before.
[04:33] Holo
    Since we wish to escape in the shadows,
[04:36] Holo
    it is better to have some sense
    of the lay of the land.
[04:38] Evan
    I see.
[04:39] Holo
    Let me say one thing.
[04:45] Holo
    If you show fear, I will devour the two of you.
[04:50] Holo
    Turn around.
[04:51] Elsa
    Y-Yes.
[04:55] Holo
    Lawrence.
[04:56] Lawrence
    Yeah.
[05:09] Elsa
    Don't.
[05:13] Holo
    Goodness. Why is it always so chilly
    in my human form?
[05:16] Lawrence
    Just looking at you makes me cold.
[05:33] Lawrence
    Are you hoping for a compliment?
[06:07] Holo
    As I thought, my fur is truly the finest.
[06:10] Lawrence
    Tell me if you ever want to sell it.
[06:18] Holo
    I did not expect much.
[06:21] Lawrence
    Come on.
[06:28] Lawrence
    This is merely a dream before the dawn.
[06:31] Lawrence
    Right?
[06:32] Elsa
    Yes. You're right.
[06:35] Evan
    Looks like Father Franz wasn't a liar.
[06:40] Holo
    Get on quickly.
[06:43] Holo
    It will be troublesome if we are found.
[06:46] Lawrence
    Yeah.
[07:00] Holo
    If you fall off my back, I will carry you
    in my jaws. Be prepared.
[07:07] Holo
    Then, let us be off.
[07:32] Evan
    Hold on tight!
[07:46] Lawrence
    How far have we come?
[07:47] Holo
    Halfway.
[07:52] Lawrence
    Is this a small break? Or...
[07:54] Holo
    It will be pointless if all of you die.
[07:57] Holo
    Let us rest here until morning.
[08:00] Holo
    Out this far, it would take horses
    a long time to catch up to us.
[08:03] Holo
    It will be safe for a while.
[08:07] Holo
    Do not sleep there. Sleep after climbing down.
[08:16] Holo
    I feel like I have become a mother.
[08:24] Lawrence
    What's wrong?
[08:30] Lawrence
    Is it safe to go take a peek?
[09:01] Evan
    Mr. Lawrence.
[09:05] Evan
    Are they from Enberch?
[09:07] Lawrence
    I'm guessing so.
[09:08] Evan
    I see...
[09:10] Lawrence
    How is Ms. Elsa doing?
[09:13] Evan
    Not sure. She looks a lot better,
[09:16] Evan
    but she looks like she's been
     thinking about something.
[09:20] Evan
    There's a lot of them.
[09:22] Lawrence
    That's because they plan
    to return all the wheat.
[09:24] Lawrence
    There are men with spears, too.
[09:28] Evan
    Hey, Mr. Lawrence.
[09:31] Evan
    Can't you ask your, um,
    goddess that carried us here?
[09:36] Lawrence
    Ask her what?
[09:37] Evan
    To kill them all.
[09:42] Lawrence
    Let's say she agreed to your request
    and went to do such a thing.
[09:45] Lawrence
    She would definitely succeed.
[09:48] Lawrence
    After that, Enberch would definitely
    send an army to Tereo.
[09:53] Lawrence
    We cannot fight every army that comes.
[09:55] Evan
    That makes sense...
[09:56] Evan
    So, what are we going to do now?
[09:59] Lawrence
    If we get to the town of Kumerson,
    we will be able to protect our lives.
[10:03] Lawrence
    We'll figure out the future after that.
[10:06] Evan
    I see...
[10:07] Lawrence
    Let me know if there's
    something you want to do.
[10:09] Lawrence
    Fate brought us together.
    I'll do what I can to help.
[10:12] Evan
    Thanks.
[10:14] Evan
    What's that?
[10:18] Lawrence
    That's the carriage of
    a high-ranking member of the Church.
[10:21] Evan
    Why is a member of the Church with them?
[10:23] Lawrence
    To label the village pagan.
[10:25] Evan
    P-Pagan?
[10:27] Lawrence
    Someone died because Ridelius' Hellfire
    was mixed in the wheat from Tereo,
[10:31] Lawrence
    but no one in Tereo was harmed.
[10:33] Evan
    Of course there weren't any deaths!
[10:35] Evan
    There was no
    Ridelius' Hellfire to begin with!
[10:37] Lawrence
    But I'm sure the Church will claim
[10:39] Lawrence
    that the villagers of Tereo are safe because
    they're being protected by the devil.
[10:43] Lawrence
    That Tereo is a pagan village.
[10:47] Lawrence
    Let's go back.
[10:54] Lawrence
    Let's go a bit farther and stop for breakfast.
[11:27] Evan
    Elsa?
[11:31] Elsa
    Holo...
[11:34] Elsa
    Are you truly... a god?
[11:44] Holo
    I am Wise Wolf Holo of Yoitsu.
[11:47] Holo
    Though, I have been called
    a god for a long time.
[11:52] Holo
    I live within the wheat and can turn
    into both a wolf and human form.
[11:57] Holo
    Humans have worshiped me
    as a god of bountiful harvests,
[12:00] Holo
    and I responded to their prayers.
[12:03] Elsa
    Bountiful harvests? Then, are you Truyeo...
[12:07] Holo
    You already know that answer, do you not?
[12:18] Elsa
    Truyeo is Truyeo.
[12:20] Elsa
    You are you.
[12:30] Elsa
    Then—
[12:31] Holo
    That question...
[12:39] Holo
    is not one you should ask me.
[12:46] Evan
    Elsa!
[12:51] Elsa
    I'm fine.
[12:59] Elsa
    I will carry on the legacy of Father Franz.
[13:02] Elsa
    Now, I can say that with certainty.
[13:07] Holo
    Is that so?
[13:12] Elsa
    I will return to the village.
[13:15] Evan
    What?!
[13:19] Elsa
    Mr. Lawrence, I'm sorry.
[13:24] Evan
    What's the point of returning to the village?
[13:26] Evan
    Even if you do, that village is already...
[13:28] Elsa
    Even so, I must return.
[13:30] Evan
    Why?!
[13:35] Elsa
    I am responsible for the village church.
[13:38] Elsa
    And...
[13:39] Elsa
    I cannot abandon the villagers.
[13:43] Elsa
    Evan, I hope you become a fine merchant.
[13:51] Evan
    M-Mr. Lawrence!
[13:56] Lawrence
    Ms. Elsa wants you to become a fine merchant.
[14:00] Lawrence
    A merchant must be able to weigh
    the gains and losses in a calm manner.
[14:04] Lawrence
    Can you do that?
[14:11] Lawrence
    No matter how strong-minded she may be
    and no matter how firm her resolve,
[14:16] Lawrence
    it doesn't mean she's without worry.
[14:20] Lawrence
    A merchant must be able
    to weigh the gains and losses.
[14:23] Lawrence
    How do the gains and losses
    weigh on your scale?
[14:40] Lawrence
    So, what should we—
[14:47] Holo
    Was I wrong?
[14:51] Holo
    Was I wrong?
[14:53] Lawrence
    S-Something like that...
[14:55] Lawrence
    Who can truly be the judge?
[14:58] Holo
    I cannot.
[15:00] Holo
    However, I... I...
[15:03] Lawrence
    To fight for your hometown,
    even against hopeless odds...
[15:12] Lawrence
    At the very least,
    you'll be left with no regrets.
[15:26] Holo
    My claws can crush stone.
    I can defeat any number of humans.
[15:31] Lawrence
    I know that well.
[15:32] Holo
    No one could beat me in Yoitsu.
    No human. No wolf. No deer nor boar.
[15:40] Holo
    So, what about a bear?
[15:43] Holo
    Could I have beaten the Moon-Hunting Bear?!
[15:46] Lawrence
    I don't think so.
[15:51] Lawrence
    But if you fought to the death,
[15:54] Lawrence
    I'm sure you would have filled
    at least three pages of that book.
[16:02] Lawrence
    I can't tell you if that would be
    a good or bad thing,
[16:04] Lawrence
    but this is all hypothetical. Am I wrong?
[16:09] Holo
    You are not wrong.
[16:11] Lawrence
    If you heard that the Moon-Hunting Bear
    attacked soon after you left Yoitsu,
[16:17] Lawrence
    I'm sure you would have rushed back.
[16:19] Lawrence
    But that's not what happened.
[16:22] Lawrence
    Disaster came while you were
    completely unaware.
[16:26] Lawrence
    You understand how foolish
    you're acting right now, don't you?
[16:30] Holo
    Something like that!
[16:33] Holo
    That, I know well...
[16:48] Lawrence
    What excuse were you going to use
    if Elsa and Evan came back?
[16:52] Holo
    Excuse for what?
[16:54] Lawrence
    Killing me.
[16:55] Holo
    In a situation like this,
    if I were a human female,
[16:59] Holo
    you would have no right to complain
    about getting murdered.
[17:01] Lawrence
    The murdered don't have
    the ability to voice a complaint.
[17:04] Lawrence
    So, what do you want to do?
[17:07] Holo
    I should be the one asking you that.
[17:16] Lawrence
    Just you wait.
[17:21] Holo
    Can we not do something for them?
[17:23] Holo
    It is too late for Yoitsu, but there is
    yet a chance for their village.
[17:29] Lawrence
    I'm just a traveling merchant, you know.
[17:31] Holo
    Yet, I am not a mere wolf.
[17:34] Holo
    Poisonous wheat, was it not?
[17:36] Holo
    I would easily be able
    to discern the difference.
[17:39] Lawrence
    I already thought of that possibility,
    but I don't think that will help.
[17:43] Holo
    There is no way to make them believe us...
[17:45] Lawrence
    Yeah, unless a miracle happens...
[17:49] Lawrence
    A miracle?
[17:50] Holo
    I have shown such miracles
    to humans for fun in the past!
[17:57] Lawrence
    You said you've performed
    miracles for humans before.
[18:00] Holo
    I have said such.
    Will that help us in some way?
[18:04] Lawrence
    Yeah.
[18:05] Lawrence
    There have been cases in the past
[18:07] Lawrence
    where claims of heresy were
    retracted because of a miracle.
[18:10] Lawrence
    However, the Church is the one who decides
    if a miracle is indeed a miracle.
[18:13] Lawrence
    They won't accept a minor event as a miracle.
[18:15] Holo
    So, it must be a miracle that happens
    before their very eyes.
[18:20] Lawrence
    Can you do something like that?
[18:21] Holo
    You, where is my wheat?
[18:25] Lawrence
    There it is.
[18:26] Holo
    Bring it to me.
[18:34] Holo
    Watch closely.
[18:43] Lawrence
    What?!
[18:46] Holo
    This should be sufficient.
[18:49] Lawrence
    That's amazing...
[18:50] Lawrence
    It's truly a miracle.
[18:54] Holo
    So, what do you think?
[18:56] Holo
    The only other thing that can easily be seen
    with the eyes would be my form as a wolf.
[19:00] Lawrence
    No, this is more than enough.
[19:07] Lawrence
    The only question now is
     if Elsa will accept this method.
[19:10] Lawrence
    And...
[19:11] Holo
    There is still more?
[19:13] Lawrence
    Even if we are able to tip
    the scales in our favor,
[19:15] Lawrence
    I don't think Enberch will buy back the wheat.
[19:17] Lawrence
    We'll have to turn
    the returned wheat into money.
[19:22] Holo
    Yes.
[19:23] Lawrence
    Well, that's where I'll be able to
    show my skills as a merchant.
[19:27] Lawrence
    I'm sure things will work out.
[19:30] Lawrence
    Let's go back.
[19:31] Holo
    Yes. It is much too chilly.
[19:42] Holo
    You look disappointed.
[19:45] Lawrence
    And you look amused.
[19:57] Lawrence
    I have a suggestion.
[20:08] Lawrence
    That's the miracle Holo can perform.
[20:11] Lawrence
    Now we just need to figure out how exactly
    to show this miracle to the others.
[20:14] Elsa
    Do you have any ideas?
[20:16] Lawrence
    I have an idea on the best timing.
[20:17] Elsa
    Timing?
[20:18] Lawrence
    Yes. Any product should be purchased
[20:20] Lawrence
    when the price is the lowest
    to obtain the greatest profit.
[20:23] Elsa
    Are you talking about when the village
    head and the others are cornered?
[20:27] Lawrence
    Exactly.
[20:28] Evan
    I'm sure we don't need to wait long.
[20:30] Evan
    Bishop Mendez is heading
    to the village as well.
[20:32] Elsa
    The priest...
[20:35] Elsa
    I will gratefully follow your suggestion.
[20:38] Elsa
    Thank you for all of your help.
[20:40] Elsa
    Yet, even if I show them a miracle,
    I doubt the villagers will abandon Truyeo.
[20:46] Lawrence
    That's true...
[20:47] Elsa
    I have an idea on how to show
    this miracle to the others.
[20:53] Lawrence
    I see.
[20:55] Lawrence
    That's a clever idea.
[20:56] Lawrence
    What do you think?
[20:58] Elsa
    This method will place
    the pagan gods under our God.
[21:04] Elsa
    Even so, will you still help us?
[21:07] Holo
    Though I am unquestionably more amazing,
[21:10] Holo
    a truly great wolf does not take
    such things as one's position to heart.
[21:16] Holo
    If it is necessary for your schemes,
[21:18] Holo
    I can act the part of a fool
    with a gracious heart.
[21:23] Elsa
    Thank you very much.
[21:26] Elsa
    Will you be all right, Evan?
[21:28] Evan
    No problem. If I get poisoned...
[21:31] Evan
    Just kill me before I realize
    I'm going to die from the poison.
[21:36] Holo
    Yes.
[21:37] Holo
    If that happens,
    I will easily swallow you whole.
[21:40] Holo
    There will be no pain.
[21:45] Elsa
    Then, I will leave the monetary negotiations
    after the miracle to you, Mr. Lawrence.
[21:49] Lawrence
    Leave it to me.
[21:54] Holo
    They're here.
[22:11] Elsa
    May God's grace be with us.
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SIGN    Miracle's Path and Journey's Continuation
[23:45] Holo
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